diff --git a/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib-spark/default.nix b/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib-spark/default.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2bc7a55b1002c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/development/python-modules/joblib-spark/default.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{ lib
+, buildPythonPackage
+, fetchFromGitHub
+, pythonOlder
+, setuptools
+, wheel
+, joblib
+, pyspark
+}:
+
+buildPythonPackage rec {
+  pname = "joblib-spark";
+  version = "0.5.2";
+  pyproject = true;
+  disabled = pythonOlder "3.6";
+
+  src = fetchFromGitHub {
+    owner = "joblib";
+    repo = "joblib-spark";
+    rev = "v${version}";
+    hash = "sha256-RzkeOFAUI4gX2mgQRYw0LZbTTmAWmQvLTmQ8uo4kHa8=";
+  };
+
+  nativeBuildInputs = [
+    setuptools
+    wheel
+  ];
+
+  propagatedBuildInputs = [
+    joblib
+    pyspark
+  ];
+
+  pythonImportsCheck = [ "joblibspark" ];
+
+  meta = with lib; {
+    description = "Joblib Apache Spark Backend";
+    homepage = "https://github.com/joblib/joblib-spark";
+    changelog = "https://github.com/joblib/joblib-spark/blob/${src.rev}/CHANGES.rst";
+    license = licenses.asl20;
+    maintainers = with maintainers; [ sarahec ];
+  };
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
index 9054af5248939..f37f393426970 100644
--- a/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
+++ b/pkgs/top-level/python-packages.nix
@@ -6035,6 +6035,8 @@ self: super: with self; {
 
   joblib = callPackage ../development/python-modules/joblib { };
 
+  joblib-spark = callPackage ../development/python-modules/joblib-spark { };
+
   johnnycanencrypt = callPackage ../development/python-modules/johnnycanencrypt {
     inherit (pkgs.darwin.apple_sdk.frameworks) PCSC;
   };